Freshening by glacial meltwater enhances melting of ice shelves and reduces formation of Antarctic Bottom Water

Alessandro Silvano, University of Tasmania, Quantitative Marine Science Program, Hobart, TAS, Australia, Stephen R Rintoul, Antarctic Climate & Ecosystems Cooperative Research Centre, University of Tasmania, Hobart, Australia, Hobart, Australia, Beatriz Pena-Molino, Antarctic Climate and Ecosystems Cooperative Research Centre, Hobart Tasmania 7001, Australia, Will R Hobbs, University of Tasmania, Hobart, TAS, Australia, Esmee van Wijk, CSIRO Oceans & Atmosphere Flagship, Hobart, Australia, Shigeru Aoki, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Japan, Takeshi Tamura, Antarctic Climate and Ecosystems Cooperative Research Centre, Hobart, Australia and Guy Darvall Williams, ACE CRC, University of Tasmania, Hobart, Australia